Indoor Bike Workouts For Ironman

Lucy charles barclay knows a thing or two about training for an ironman triathlon.

Indoor bike workouts for ironman. My secret to a sub 5 hour ironman bike split initially cycling indoors wasn t a deliberate tactic. This brick workout involves some efforts at your 1 hour race pace or slightly below. The truth about indoor ironman bike training. From the company that is synonymous with triathlons you d expect their bike to be good.

Outdoor cycling wins for hill endurance and overall comfort as it translates to race day. It will make you mentally tough no two ways about. His five or six other rides are indoor workouts featuring lots of lung busting interval and threshold efforts and lasting only 45 minutes each on. When you re training for an ironman it s still important to include some speed work.

I was forced to take cycling indoors simply because of the weather conditions. This affordable indoor exercise bike has all the essentials for a satisfying home workout. Wow i can t wrap my head around 6 hours on an indoor trainer. The total time at race intensity is proportional to your event distance.

If your goal is an ironman then this means longer blocks of time in high zone 2 low zone 3. The bike features a 36 pound flywheel and a belt drive system for a more accurate and quiet ride. The 26 year old is currently sitting second in the world in the gruelling discipline which involves a 2 4 mile. To ride the tonne is a mainstay of ironman success.

The solo century ride. Indoor cycling wins for hiit training and cadence training. Maybe 5 10 nice rides outside over the course of a year will do it. Time needed 5 hrs extra equipment nutrition coaching tip complete a 100 mile ride.

Preparing for a late november race such as ironman cozumel or arizona while living in the chicago area was the main reason why i decided to take a huge chunk of my training indoors. But it was the necessity at the time. This keeps your thresholds nice and high which raises the ceiling on your ironman race pace. Andy potts the 2007 ironman 70 3 world champion typically rides outdoors only once a week.

Although i m still thinking back and wondering how i did it. There is a small trend of predominantly indoor bike training at the top levels of triathlon these days. The top spin bikes for triathletes are. Ironman triathlon x class 510 indoor training cycle.

Keep the pace hot throughout with our swim and run training drills. The bike weighs 127 lbs and has a steel frame construction that keeps steady whatever intensity you are training at whether in the saddle or out. Add this workout in the last 12 weeks prior to your a race. Just try to get more outdoor rides as you get closer to.

If your goal race is a 70 3 or shorter then this signals higher intensity work. These workouts aren t for the faint hearted but then neither is the challenge of an ironman.